Comments on: Impact of Wolfram Alpha on Math Ed

By: Maria H. Andersen

Maria H. Andersen — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:35:40 +0000

I think I use it just about every day. But I teach math, and like to get the data to support problems and questions I have, not rely on rhetoric from the media.

By: BrightMinds

BrightMinds — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:54:10 +0000

I’m sorry but does anyone actually go to Wolfram Alpha these days? I thought it was just a 5 minute flash in the pan…

By: Don’t get W|A Implications? Try these examples.

Don’t get W|A Implications? Try these examples. — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:10:53 +0000

[...] and the impact of large-scale change in mathematics on the higher education system can be found here. A wiki (WalphaWiki) documenting some of the capabilities of W|A for math courses and the [...]

By: Maria H. Andersen

Maria H. Andersen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:54:49 +0000

Well, the first CAS was built in 1988 (Derive) and there have been many iterations of CAS: maple, mathematica, scientific notebook, mathcad, sage, matlab, … TI-92 calculators were the first to use CAS in 1995. So … CAS has been used for 20 years. I don’t mean to sound crass, but I’m trying to find a valid reason how a math instructor could have missed encountering CAS in the last 22 years. They might not know it by the name CAS, but surely they know of the technology … and if not … well, they are not likely to learn about Wolfram Alpha either I think.

By: Jeremy Roberts

Jeremy Roberts — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:20:09 +0000

I’m not completely sure about point two. I don’t know how prepared college math instructors are for adopting new technologies. I know many of them who not completely sure what CAS is, so…

By: Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin » Blog Archive » WolframAlpha: Should your students be allowed to use it?

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:30:08 +0000

[...] about this issue, I googled how WolframAlpha is used in education and I found a very interesting blog “Teaching College Math’ by Maria H. Andersen. It deals with the use of technology in mathematics education but a lot of it applies to science. [...]

By: Maria H. Andersen

Maria H. Andersen — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:18:19 +0000

Well, Wolfram Alpha is not even a year old yet, and academic journals can take 1-2 years to publish an article – so I’m not surprised that you haven’t found any research yet. You probably won’t see any published research until 2012 or so.

By: Maddy

Maddy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:59:23 +0000

I’m studing e-learning, in the process of career change to teaching secondary maths. Walpha looks like a fabulous tool. Has anyone heard of academic research about Walpha? Conference papers? My searches are only coming up with newspaper articles, blogs etc.

By: Wolfram|Alpha as a self-verification tool « Casting Out Nines

Wolfram|Alpha as a self-verification tool « Casting Out Nines — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:02:57 +0000

[...] many tools available to students for this purpose is Wolfram|Alpha, which has been blogged about extensively. (See also my YouTube video, “Wolfram|Alpha for Calculus Students”.) W|A’s [...]

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:09:22 +0000

you like walpha better than wolfa? walpha sounds too childish to me…